Back from Africa

It will take me a while to get completely back in the swing of things, but I thought a quick update on my trip would be appropriate.

This past Wednesday at 3pm, our team of 11 returned to Orlando airport after leaving Bujumbura, Burundi at 3:15 pm on Monday (9:15 am EST). We made a short stop in Rwanda, then flew to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where Ethiopian Airlines put us up in a hotel for 24 hours. On Tuesday we spent the day with some people from the Lutheran church and visited a seminary. We left Addis at 10:45 pm (3:45 pm EST), stopped over in Rome and landed in Washington, DC at 8 am EST. After our final layover, we landed in Orlando, a full 2 days after leaving Burundi.

There are way too many highlights to include in a single post, so I'll give just a few. The 2 day Peacemaking seminar I taught had 60 pastors and leaders on day 1 and over 70 on day 2. I had several pastors request that I return to teach another seminar in their churches and over 30 requested additional materials. I have already begun to strategize on how I can return with more teachers next year.

One of our team members took over 1000 photos. I filmed 100 video segments with my Flip camera. Another member filmed several hours of video. So be looking for more photos and highlights over the next few months.

I'll close with a photo that we took at an orphanage and school. Click the photo to enlarge it. I am holding up a Z88.3 sticker which I sent to ZRadio.org to post on their site. In the distance is the Congo.